Microsoft is upgrading its business applications for a virtualized environment in a step that brings the technology company closer to the launch of its Windows Virtual Desktop. Windows announced its ...

Citrix Systems prepared for Tuesday's opening of its annual Citrix iForum application delivery conference, held this week in Las Vegas, with the introduction of its desktop virtualization strategy, ...

The first time I experienced a virtual desktop was with my little Linux netbook I used at university. With its tiny screen, it wasn't really feasible to have multiple apps open at once, so with a ...

Citrix has spent the past year and a half redefining itself as a virtualization company, first purchasing the desktop and server virtualization vendor XenSource and then placing the “Xen” name on its ...

The coming fast growth of the desktop virtualization market has brought out multiple vendors, large and small, looking to gain a foothold and get their share as early as possible. Vendors of desktop ...

It also introduced the masses to the notion of desktop virtualization. Virtualization, until recently, has focused largely on the server, where the idea of enabling one server to act as many has clear ...

Desktops are diversifying. Long after we all collectively moved off of the traditional desk desktop (i.e the mostly wooden one, where you might still keep your coffee, spectacles and pens these days), ...

There’s huge interest in desktop virtualization technology, due to its promises of improved security, manageability and flexibility. Here are some details on how the technology works and why it might ...

In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.

Virtual desktops have been a fundamental and powerful resource for IT professionals and computer hobbyists since the Windows 2000 days and are still widely popular. With virtual desktops, multiple ...